It's all ruined, who cares about the chastity arch

Gu Linjun lowered his eyes slightly, a chill penetrated his bones, and stared straight at Zheng Chengyan. There was endless coldness and calculation in his eyes.

Thinking of all the suffering Su Wanyu had endured, he felt a strong urge in his heart, and he wanted to kill Zheng Chengyan immediately.

Let the Zheng family go? It's a joke.

In his heart, the fate of the Zheng family was already determined, and a road leading to the abyss was already laid out under their feet.

"Okay, I promise you."

Gu Linjun's voice suddenly became clear and smooth, and he raised his head and drank the tea in his hand. "I will go to the palace immediately and ask His Majesty to temporarily forgive Lord Zheng, but you must keep your promise and complete the divorce as soon as possible."

"Once the divorce is completed, Lord Zheng can return to the mansion safely."

Zheng Chengyan finally relaxed his clenched teeth and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I am grateful to you."

There was a heavy and subtle atmosphere in the air. A transaction, a fateful confrontation, came to a quiet end in this quiet courtyard.

Now, in the chilly spring, Su Wanyu held tightly in her hand the evidence that could overturn her fate, feeling mixed emotions.

Her father, the usually dignified head of the family, was now firmly controlled by Gu Linjun, like a sword hanging around her neck, making her feel unprecedented powerlessness and despair.

Just as she expected, under the pressure of the situation, he - Zheng Chengyan, had no way to retreat.

Gu Linjun acted decisively and swiftly. He made all the arrangements overnight and sent his trusted men to secretly escort Zheng Chengyan away from the area of ​​conflict.

When the first ray of sunlight penetrated the mist the next morning, Zheng Chengyan was shocked to learn of the great changes in his family. The news that his father had been temporarily imprisoned was like a cold water poured over his head, chilling his heart.

Although his life was saved, the invisible shackles and the unknown punishments in the future made him realize that living requires more courage than dying.

In such a desperate situation, Zheng Chengyan had no time to think about anything, let alone plotting his revenge in the future.

His eyes became unusually determined, and he had only one thought in his mind, which was to resolve the entanglement in this marriage as soon as possible. Perhaps, that was the only thing he could do for his father.

The next morning, with only a faint hint of dawn in the sky, Su Wanyu carried the heavy divorce letter and stepped into the solemn ancestral hall of the Zheng family.

At this time, Old Madam Zheng was hurriedly supported by Little Guo. Her heart was full of worries about the safety of Marquis Zheng. She had no time to care about the entanglement between the young couple in front of her.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the Zheng family, attracting other clansmen to be invited to the ancestral hall by Zheng Chengyan. For a while, the ancestral hall was crowded with people, and the scene was somewhat ironic, like a tragicomedy that was about to be staged.

Wang from the first wife and Pei from the third wife, two women who had always been at odds with Su Wanyu, couldn't help but feel a sense of gloating when they saw her take the initiative to propose a divorce.

Although divorce by peaceful consent preserves some dignity on the surface, for a woman who remarries, the social prejudice and ridicule she will have to endure in the future will undoubtedly be a heavy yoke, and finding a good marriage again will become an almost impossible task.

The two hid in the crowd, covering their mouths with silk handkerchiefs, whispering to each other, with a gloating gleam in their eyes.

"Look, Su Wanyu is determined to embarrass herself in public. Once this matter gets out, how can she hold her head up in the capital in the future?"

Wang lowered her voice, with obvious sarcasm in her words.

"Can't hold your head up? Then go back to your hometown and hide. Anyway, the Su family has a mountain of gold and silver, which is more than enough to support an old girl who can't get married."

Pei interjected, holding the silk handkerchief even tighter in her hand, as if she was trying her best to suppress the pride in her heart.

"What does it matter if there's a lot of money? After this incident, which man would dare to come and ask for marriage?"

Wang added, her tone full of contempt.

"You've brought this upon yourself, and you've got to reap what you sow."

Pei agreed, and the two smiled at each other, completely ignoring the pointing and talking around them.

However, they did not realize that the road under their feet was gradually covered by unknown thorns.

When everyone in the Zheng family arrived, Zheng Chengyan finally appeared slowly.

He specially washed and changed his clothes today, and put on a white gown that symbolized purity and flawlessness. The white jade crown on his head gleamed with a warm luster in the faint morning light. The decadence of the past was swept away, replaced by a rare freshness and determination.

Yun Yi quietly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Miss, the second young master is like this. Has he figured out something?"

There was a barely perceptible hint of expectation in her tone.

“It’s best to figure it out naturally.”

Su Wanyu's lips curled slightly, a complex look flashed in her eyes, and then she withdrew her gaze from Zheng Chengyan and ignored him.

Zheng Chengyan strode forward and bowed respectfully to the elders and old lady of the Zheng family. His voice was steady and powerful: "All the elders present here, as witnesses of my marriage to my wife Su Wanyu, today, I must declare that my wife and I have been married for three years. She has not been filial to her parents, and we have many personality differences, so that the relationship between husband and wife has become increasingly distant and almost exhausted. Therefore, we have decided to separate by agreement and go our separate ways from now on to seek peace on our own."

Every word he spoke was like a hammer striking one's heart. It was clearly the end of a relationship, but between the lines he did not forget to label Su Wanyu as unfilial and incompatible with her character.

"I failed to show filial piety to my parents, and my temperaments are not compatible."

This statement clearly accused Su Wanyu of being disrespectful to her parents-in-law and having character problems.

Su Wanyu laughed at this groundless accusation in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface.

She then took out the document she had prepared long ago from her sleeve, and her clear voice echoed in the ancestral hall: "Dear elders, I have not asked you to come here today to agree to separate."

This sudden turn of events caused the originally noisy ancestral hall to fall into an uproar.

Zheng Chengyan was even more shocked and asked in disbelief: "Su Wanyu, the divorce was your idea, and you were the one who gathered everyone in the Zheng family here. Why did you suddenly change your mind?!"

The development of the situation obviously exceeded his expectations. Gu Linjun's relentless pressure forced him to quickly draw a line between himself and Su Wanyu, but at this moment, the initiative seemed to have been quietly reversed.

Facing Zheng Chengyan's questioning, Su Wanyu did not respond. Instead, she raised the document in her hand and said in a calm but firm voice: "Today, I want to divorce my husband."

"Hugh?!"

Everyone in the Zheng family was in an uproar. Some were surprised and sneered. "Second Young Master's wife, you actually want to divorce your husband? This is simply a fantasy! I have only heard of divorcing a wife, but when has she ever heard of divorcing a husband? If you don't want to be separated, why don't you just coax the Second Young Master well?"